Things I learned from a steel plate....

[Brad]

Ian would probably be able to answer some of them. For a wrench monkey he is pretty damn smart.

Once the finger gets a little better I will add a couple of larger washers under the lock will Asher.

For those who didn't know Will Asher is the guy who invented a thin circular device with a central hole designed to spread the force over a larger surface area. He gave it name derived from his first initial and last name- hence we have the washer.

 

[VZerone]

Brad have you thought of castle nuts with cotter pins? Or maybe even those nyloc nuts with your large washers and lock washers?

 

[Brad]

I did consider a nut like that. A castle nut and cotter pin would be more work than I'm interested in.

 

[Todd M]

Next time you need to fit a too large bolt through a too small chain link, lay it on the anvil and drive an alignment punch through the link. If you don't have a anvil, corner of a cement block, trailer hitch etc

 

[Brad]

I considered that Todd but I don't have a punch that would work. I considered making one on the lathe but decided that getting larger chain was easier.

 

[Todd M]

I hear ya. I played big truck mechanic for 2 years and accumulated more hand tools than I use most of the year. Very handy when I need them though!

 

[Brad]

I've seen a big truck.....

 

[freebullet]

Runs a lathe pretty good, drill press no problem, makes sure meds are right, but maimed himself with a cordless drill & wrench. Stay away from toothpicks.

 

[Brad]

Cordless drill?
My hand was broken by a 1/2" Milwaukee corded drill and a 4" hole saw.

I'm generally a safety minded person. Looking back I should have had the plate in the vise so I could really concentrate on the two wrenches. .

 

[Todd M]

Key word being "generally".
I generally use common sense but then there's the day I decided to stick my hand in a ventilation fan in the hog barn I was washing.

 

[Ian]

And that Swedish nut lathe, is that English or metric? This is a 1/2 nut so I puke assume English but if the pay are Swedish I would assume they are all metric.
What is the conversion factor for them?
Left or right handed?

Oh my. You've had too much medication already it seems, or you've been getting your iPad drunk again. I have no idea what you should take if you're puking assume English, might ask Freebullet?

The Swedes are smart. You do fractional stuff with one side, then flip it over for Metrique. Either way they excel at making hexagonal parts round, unless you know and respect its limitations.

 

[Brad]

MAking a hexagonal part round? So a Swedish nut lathe isn't very different from a farmer wrench- the one size fits most kind.
Here in Nebraska we understand farmer tools. If it fits you got lucky but hell, make it work anyhoo. Does a nut really know if it is 1/4 or 3/8? Neither does a farmer wrench.

 

[fiver]

you throw a 24" pipe wrench on a nut and it'll move unless your turning it the wrong way..

 

[RBHarter]

With enough cheater on the 24" pipe wrench it'll move even if you're turning it the wrong way .

 

[fiver]

yeah,,, LOL... once anyway.

 

[Rally Hess]

Ian probably hasn't been able to use a 24" pipe wrench. Not much room under the hoods anymore. I'm reminded of that because my son and I just swapped out engines in a Toyota Camry last week.

 

[Ian]

Not since the last time I pulled pipe out of a windmill well.

I bet you had an adventure with the Camry.

 

[358156 hp]

And that Swedish nut lathe, is that English or metric? This is a 1/2 nut so I puke assume English but if the pay are Swedish I would assume they are all metric.
What is the conversion factor for them?
Left or right handed?

Brad, you are wearing gloves at work, aren't you? Osmosis can kind of sneak up on a guy.

 

[fiver]

that's called a Perk,,, it's kind of like a bonus.
you ever seen a sick pharmacist?
or one that wasn't like 109 years old?

 

[Brad]

Brad, you are wearing gloves at work, aren't you? Osmosis can kind of sneak up on a guy.

I tried once. Half the customers I rang up turned their head and coughed. That was the end of gloves for me.